14-Feb-2005 -- A trip to Paris enabled me to try my first foreign language confluences. I hired a car for the day and took off through the stressful Paris streets on the N3 which leads almost directly to the little village of Isles les Meldeuses.

I parked outside the friendly village shop and walked down the road towards the bridge. It soon became apparent that the confluence was on the far side of the river and from the centre of the bridge is about 90m from the confluence which is by the little clearing towards the weir.

The ground wasn't too muddy underfoot despite the amount of water in the Marne and I made my way through the undergrowth and found the spot just on dry land. Pics 2-5 show the views N, E (showing how close it was to getting my feet wet), S and W. Pic 6 shows the GPS evidence.

There was no polystyrene visible at all at the confluence site but alas I discovered that my rucksack is clearly visible on the bank to the west!

On the way back to the village I tried to look round the village church but alas it was locked.